a 3 years old girl with dysphagia

A 3 Years Old Girl with Dysphagia

We report the case of a three-year-old girl who complained from dysphagia and post-prandial vomiting since she was 6 months old. Several diagnostic work-ups were performed for her problem. Upper GI endoscopy was normal but barium swallow revealed an external pressure effect over upper part of the esophagus (figure 1) and the CT angiography of thoracic aorta showed that this external pressure ef...

A five years old girl child with Takayasu arteritis.

Takayasu arteritis is a systemic vasulitis of large vessels that mainly involves the aorta and its branches. It normally presents in third decade of life and has rarely been reported in children under 10 years of age. We report here a case of Takayasu arteritis in a 5 years old girl who presented with headache, generalized body swelling, severe hypertension, proteinuria and minimal functioning ...

A 3 year old girl with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.

A 3-month-old girl with failure to thrive.

This 3-month-old girl was evaluated for failure to thrive and jaundice. She was the 2,685-gram product of a full-term, uncomplicated pregnancy, labor, and delivery to a 21-year-old gravida 2 para 2 (G2P2) woman. Shortly after birth, it became clear the child had signifi cant failure to thrive and jaundice despite multiple manipulations of formula. She had an extensive evaluation after being fou...

A 3-year-old girl with eye pain.

A 3-year-old girl presents with bilateral eye pain. The history of the complaint began 3 weeks earlier with headache, photophobia, and intermittent eye pain. During this time, no erythema or discharge from the eyes is noted and no other symptoms reported. Her medical history is positive for multiple parental-diagnosed allergies and chemical sensitivities, resulting in behavioral problems, frequ...

A 3-year-old girl with frequent nose bleeds.

A 3-year-old girl presented with petechial hemorrhages and repeated nosebleeds. Two weeks earlier she had been admitted to a local hospital with nosebleeds accompanied by 2 episodes of vomiting dark red blood. Results of the laboratory evaluation included: white blood cell count, 8.2 10/L [reference interval (RI), 4 10/L to 10 10/L]; hemoglobin, 10.7 g/dL (RI, 11–15 g/dL); platelet count, 142 1...